NEW DELHI: In a blow to disqualified Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra, his last ditch effort to vote in the Presidential election on July 17 was scuttled by the Delhi High Court today which upheld his disqualification.
A specially constituted single judge bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur dismissed Mishra’s plea challenging his disqualification by the Election Commission and that he should be allowed to vote in the Presidential poll.
“The petition is without any merit. Dismissed,” it said.
The court said that as per the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, disqualification of a candidate has to be from the date of the order.
“What effect it may or may not have on a subsequent election is not what has to be taken into account,” it added. (AGENCIES)
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